Hard to say. At least 90% of all of my favorite songs are from the 80's.
Same here. Where do I start? Here are some of my favorites from my MP3 file.
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
ABBA - Mama Mia
ABC - Be Near Me
Aerosmith-Dude Looks Like A Lady
Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
B-52s - Private Idaho, Rock Lobster, Strobelight, Channel Z
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
Berlin - No More Words
Blondie - One Way or Another
Brian Ferry - Avalon
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Church - Under the Milky Way Tonight
Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
Cutting Crew - I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure
David Lee Roth - Panama
Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Don Henly - Boys of Summer
Duran Duran - Rio
Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector - Take Me Home Tonight
Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
English Beat - Save It for Later
Enya - Caribbean Blue
Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
Gary Neuman - Cars
General Public - Tenderness
Go Gos - We Got the Beat, Vacation, & Our Lips Are Sealed
Golden Earing - Radar Love
Howard Jones - New Song; actually the entire CD Human's Lib
Howard Jones - Life in One Day
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want a New Drug; all his hits are good
INXS - The One Thing
John Cougar Mellancamp - Walls Come Tumblin' Down
Journey - When The Lights Go Down In The City
Kajagoogoo w Limahl - Too Shy
Katrina and The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Level 42 - Something About You
Madonna - Lucky Star; all of her hits are good
Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean; the entire CD Thriller
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
Modern English - I Melt With You
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Nena - 99 red balloons
New Order - The Beach
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
OMD - How Bizzare & If You Leave
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Pretenders - Middle Of The Road
Prince - 1999 and Purple Rain; entire CDs
Psychadelic Furs - Love My Way
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)(1)
Ramones - I Want To Be Sedated
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Sade - Promise - 03 - War Of The Hearts
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Spandau Ballet - True
Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Tears for Fears - Shout
Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name
The Clash - London Calling
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Fixx - Red Skies
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow - 05 - How Soon Is Now
The Smiths - Strangeways - 02 - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrappings
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Till Tuesday - Voices Carry
Toni Basil - Hey Mickey
U2 - New Year's Day
UB40 - One in Ten
Wang Chung - To Live And Die In L.A.
Wham - Everything She Wants
Yazz - Don't Go